How can they afford such large portions?

The food isn't that great, so it is by no means quality eating. Still the chicken tasted like chicken, then again who's to know these days with so many synthetic foods. What is cull bird?

A cull bird is often an egg layer chicken that has reached the end of it's productive life or a sick bird, both of which are killed. The meat is not able to be sold in regular stores, but many restaurants will buy this very cheap meat.

Can't be a cull bird because if you fry one of those it'd be too tough to eat. I've raised my own chickens. Laying hens usually get retired after two years of laying because production drops off at that point. I can't afford to waste the meat. Trust me those birds are good for soup. They're edible after five hours in a slow cooker. Even then they're pretty chewy. I don't know what kind of inspection process is in place in the US. In Canada a sick bird won't ever get out of the processing plant. I worked in a small processing plant and even we had an inspector who wouldn't hesitate to condemn birds for custom private orders. They are strict. Literally they condemned one of my birds for sunburn where he'd lost a few feathers. Likely the restaurant got a load of lower quality meat for a cheap price but I doubt if it was the kind of garbage petersum here is referring to.

To me it just seems like bad business. The taste was edible,but I've definitely eaten better. Why not pay a little more for quality ingredients. Reduce the portions and charge a little less for the food. The way they do it, most of the food gets thrown in the garbage, and they aren't really building a good reputation serving people bad cheap food.

I would say so. Though if the competition is any factor, I would say all the places around here share the same short sightedness. I swear I would make a fortune if I opened my own place.

Some people just doesn't do the logical thing of looking ahead & planing a long term business plan. They just want to start & "get rolling". In the long run they are paying for that

It matters if they are serving me food that can be potentially dangerous. Other than that I'd hate to see a place go out of business for being poorly ran.

Eventually the cost of doing business will either cause them to close down or give smaller portions. I hate to see a business owner start off on a wrong foot.

Wow, you called it right off the bat. Yes they do serve Chinese food as well.

I ate the whole portion in three meals so yes it worked out in my favor, its just after watching Kitchen Nightmares so much, I've learned that big portions usually are given to compensate for bad quality. I would much rather order from a place that gave a smaller portion, at a cheaper price or better quality. I know if enough people order this meal, a good portion of food is going into the garbage. I think of all the people starving on the street that could benefit from that food.

The high overhead associated with restaurants is why they mark food up so much. Still getting food that cheap helps.

Nope, that was their regular price. They could have been just getting rid of older food, but it still sounds like they'd lose money that way.

I was not impressed. I had to warm it up for lunch and dinner today, and they lost out on some more business.